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+x+x+x+x+x+x+xJust reading.... Storm recruitment boss in England to check out any potential talent across the Superleague magic round Did anyone ask Lynne Anderson where our recruitment guy is on Thursday night? The new board has done a fair job with recruitment considering the absolute clusterfvck with which they were left cap wise... most posts on here indicate recruits such as napa, chn, Meaney, and to some extent cogger are players around which we can build a team... the main thing is they don't take advice from the likes of you cos we'd sign every player in the comp on the back of one good game... or several time losers like carney and Locke... Disagree. The board failed to address with the coach last season the need to sign a No9 & some quality in the backs to inject into the side The team had little issues last year getting into the opposition red zone.... yet we had fekk all talent to turn them opportunities into tries which cost a number of games last year & it’s costing us again this year. Sue, Meaney, Cogger, Crichton, CHN have now spent time in reggies this year.... you call that fair recruitment? Of all the players we purchased for this year... CHN is the only player of 1st grade standard calibre If we keep buying plodders, it will be Rd 12 2020 & I bet we’ll be discussing the exact same crap we’re covering right now as we did in 2018, as we did in 2017. It is easy to say but hard to do...some of the suggestions have been jokes Segueyro for example. or blokes that are tied up on 3 year contracts as though it is a matter of snapping the fingers and you get what is wanted. Recruitment from NRL clubs is pretty hard. Have to look outside of the box. I know names like Reece Robson and Brittian have been mentioned as No9’s to sign up.... But with the spine that we have currently.... an experienced No 9 is a must, not an unproven NRL standard player We should still sign up the next Brittan etc, but what we need is quality & experience. While you say that you need to name a player who we can get, Cook is ideal but hard to imagine we can get him. Brailey bros at the Sharks are good. Manly have one good young hooker. Canberra have Hodgson. Nancy is right England is worth investigating.... Brittan is way better than what we have and worth a punt, if we can't get someone really good. Why would Bennett let his #1 back up for cook go???... fact is no one has any idea if we've approached the likes of Britain or Brailey, but assume we haven't cos it suits a rant... Not sure we can get Brittian, but similar to Meaney his path to NRL is blocked by a better player. Most of the time these are the kind of player you can get or a really talented young kid 3-4 years away from NRL. I don't know who we can get, but it is most unlikely we will get top shelf experienced 9 from another club.
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+xWatch this space end of next year, the bitching will be 'how come so many players off contract at the same time, with no talent on the market'... Ideally we want to improve 2-3 key positions each year. CHN, Cogger and Meaney were good signings. Sue, Crichton and Chris Smith ok signings. Okunbor is an improved player, Napa the best replacement for Klem we could get. It is a big job, there is no quick fix.... Next season 9 has to be the priority.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xJust reading.... Storm recruitment boss in England to check out any potential talent across the Superleague magic round Did anyone ask Lynne Anderson where our recruitment guy is on Thursday night? The new board has done a fair job with recruitment considering the absolute clusterfvck with which they were left cap wise... most posts on here indicate recruits such as napa, chn, Meaney, and to some extent cogger are players around which we can build a team... the main thing is they don't take advice from the likes of you cos we'd sign every player in the comp on the back of one good game... or several time losers like carney and Locke... Disagree. The board failed to address with the coach last season the need to sign a No9 & some quality in the backs to inject into the side The team had little issues last year getting into the opposition red zone.... yet we had fekk all talent to turn them opportunities into tries which cost a number of games last year & it’s costing us again this year. Sue, Meaney, Cogger, Crichton, CHN have now spent time in reggies this year.... you call that fair recruitment? Of all the players we purchased for this year... CHN is the only player of 1st grade standard calibre If we keep buying plodders, it will be Rd 12 2020 & I bet we’ll be discussing the exact same crap we’re covering right now as we did in 2018, as we did in 2017. It is easy to say but hard to do...some of the suggestions have been jokes Segueyro for example. or blokes that are tied up on 3 year contracts as though it is a matter of snapping the fingers and you get what is wanted. Recruitment from NRL clubs is pretty hard. Have to look outside of the box. I know names like Reece Robson and Brittian have been mentioned as No9’s to sign up.... But with the spine that we have currently.... an experienced No 9 is a must, not an unproven NRL standard player We should still sign up the next Brittan etc, but what we need is quality & experience. While you say that you need to name a player who we can get, Cook is ideal but hard to imagine we can get him. Brailey bros at the Sharks are good. Manly have one good young hooker. Canberra have Hodgson. Nancy is right England is worth investigating.... Brittan is way better than what we have and worth a punt, if we can't get someone really good. Why would Bennett let his #1 back up for cook go???... fact is no one has any idea if we've approached the likes of Britain or Brailey, but assume we haven't cos it suits a rant... Not sure we can get Brittian, but similar to Meaney his path to NRL is blocked by a better player. Most of the time these are the kind of player you can get or a really talented young kid 3-4 years away from NRL. I don't know how we can get but it is most unlikely we will get top shelf experienced 9 from another club. Yep and then same people will be bitching about the same things...
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Marki
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+x+x+xMy concern is we have money to spend for 2020.... who ever we sign, will we see the very best of them week in week out under Pay/Georgalis? Then if Pay is moved on for 2021.... the new coach may not want the type of players Pay is looking to bring in for 2020.... again, groundhog day! Absolutely right Villi. Its how Pay ended up with Foran. Wasn't his choice. Signed to 4 years and then Des is sacked. Now the highest paid player (unless Tolman and Jacko eclipse him) and just about forced to play him given the circumstances. Whoever we sign, I hope its for no more than 2 years unless they are elite. That way, you can just wait out the 1 or 2 years under a new coach and be done with it. Wrong again .... Foran was signed for 3 years. No the other two do not come anywhere close to Foran, you are full of it. If its only 3 years, I'm cheering (maybe Pay is too) Look....in a good team, Foran could be quite a player, but in a not so good team, which lacks potency elsewhere, he is very average and not consistently good to match his price tag. I'm not knocking his ability. I just don't think he is a good fit for this developing team.
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+x+x+x+x+x+xI purposely attended from 5.30pm yesteday as I was more interested in reserve grade. I was dissapointed with what the reserves dished out right after halftime but they steadied the ship and did enough when it counted. My disappointment was only relative though, as first grade reinforced my belief that the reserves play a better style of footy. I would dearly love to see reserves play the first grade team just to prove my point. Many of them have played first grade so they are not oblivious to the speed of NRL. Wont happen, but I think you all get my drift... As ODF says.... a complete wipe out of Des coached players is needed which will leave the team smas follows: 1. Meaney 2. Crichton/ OK 3. 4. 5. Smith 6. Lewis 7. Cogger 8. Napa 9. 10. 11. CHN 12. Martin 13. 14. JMK 15/16/17. Fill in the gaps with new recruits. Typical ..you have omitted Foran...your agenda is flawed. I think the main thing is to get some oomph at the start. Ogden and Renouf as props,...Tolman to the bench. CHN and RFM with Jackson....even though RFM did a great impression of Phil Tufnell on a bad day...Small credits but Sue and Crichton both okay I'm not picking a team to snatch a win next game and go missing for the next 4 Steve...... I'm picking a team that are stayers. One that can string a few wins together. So why would you drop a champion. Because unlike you Steve, its team first and players history second...... Player history, you mean every game he's played this season???... consistently has the defence in two minds and creates almost all of our opportunities... maybe if you'd watched more than 3 bulldogs games this year you'd know that... I agree he runs to the line and puts defences in 2 minds - probably his greatest attribute. But unfortunately our team structure is such that he handles the ball maybe once in a set of 6, while Tolman sees it at least twice. And if it's not Tolman, its Jacko or Elliott or some other clone. This is my issue Dman. Foran should be commanding the ball just about every play - most certainly in attacking half. He doesn't. It's a black mark against the team, the coach's tactics and also for him. But you cant change him. He looks good in a team that is rolling forward but I'm afraid his 1 good run or play per set isnt enough for this team. He'll look great playing for others but I'm not convinced he is the best option for us. In any case, 1 more year and Pay it the next coach can decide if they keep him or not.
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+x+x+xI don't know if we can be sure that the coach and players are rubbish. That is like saying a soccer team with no goalkeeper is rubbish.... When the team is lacking in key areas, everyone looks bad. All we can do is address problems in sequence. After 9 we need a good prop who makes yards and has an offload. Depending on how Cogger progresses we might need a halfback. Centre we have Harper that is a position where a good young guy can do the job. 9,7, 8 and 10 you need good players otherwise everyone else is under pressure. It's the excuses that are rubbish for me. There is enough talent and experience to perform to a FG level..they just aren't doing it...neither the players nor the coach. Improvements to the roster are necessary to make Top 8 or 4 but the majority of the forwards are experienced for example. They are horribly out of form and that's on the coach when it involves the majority of the team. Everyone is underestimating how much difference a quality 9 and a really good prop would make. Players are underperforming the coach is making mistakes and I hate the fact that we are finding ways to lose on a regular basis. Winning breeds confidence, as does scoring points, it starts with good players in key positions. The dh situation has been bubbling along for 5 years and not addressed. Add to the situation we lost Klem. It's got to the frustrating point where I am hoping Martin does probably leave, so he can get a fair go. He hasn't consistently shown what he can bring but you get the sense he will when given a competent, encouraging environment. The rumours with CHN don't bode well either and Reimus is seriously down on enthusiasm. The team has so many issues that must be addressed before any progress can be made.
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+x+x+x+xI don't know if we can be sure that the coach and players are rubbish. That is like saying a soccer team with no goalkeeper is rubbish.... When the team is lacking in key areas, everyone looks bad. All we can do is address problems in sequence. After 9 we need a good prop who makes yards and has an offload. Depending on how Cogger progresses we might need a halfback. Centre we have Harper that is a position where a good young guy can do the job. 9,7, 8 and 10 you need good players otherwise everyone else is under pressure. It's the excuses that are rubbish for me. There is enough talent and experience to perform to a FG level..they just aren't doing it...neither the players nor the coach. Improvements to the roster are necessary to make Top 8 or 4 but the majority of the forwards are experienced for example. They are horribly out of form and that's on the coach when it involves the majority of the team. Everyone is underestimating how much difference a quality 9 and a really good prop would make. Players are underperforming the coach is making mistakes and I hate the fact that we are finding ways to lose on a regular basis. Winning breeds confidence, as does scoring points, it starts with good players in key positions. The dh situation has been bubbling along for 5 years and not addressed. Add to the situation we lost Klem. It's got to the frustrating point where I am hoping Martin does probably leave, so he can get a fair go. He hasn't consistently shown what he can bring but you get the sense he will when given a competent, encouraging environment. The rumours with CHN don't bode well either and Reimus is seriously down on enthusiasm. The team has so many issues that must be addressed before any progress can be made. Rumours what rumours??
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Not that there is any merit in any anyway
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+xThe body language at the forum, then the body language in the dressing room are a very bad sign. Players will forgive inept coaching for only so long. I am sure paying Pay out wouldn't cost much. The club has to admit they made a mistake re-signing him and move on. what did you think of the forum Nancy? I thought it was very poorly executed. the players should not have been there.
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DanD
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+x+x+x+x+xI don't know if we can be sure that the coach and players are rubbish. That is like saying a soccer team with no goalkeeper is rubbish.... When the team is lacking in key areas, everyone looks bad. All we can do is address problems in sequence. After 9 we need a good prop who makes yards and has an offload. Depending on how Cogger progresses we might need a halfback. Centre we have Harper that is a position where a good young guy can do the job. 9,7, 8 and 10 you need good players otherwise everyone else is under pressure. It's the excuses that are rubbish for me. There is enough talent and experience to perform to a FG level..they just aren't doing it...neither the players nor the coach. Improvements to the roster are necessary to make Top 8 or 4 but the majority of the forwards are experienced for example. They are horribly out of form and that's on the coach when it involves the majority of the team. Everyone is underestimating how much difference a quality 9 and a really good prop would make. Players are underperforming the coach is making mistakes and I hate the fact that we are finding ways to lose on a regular basis. Winning breeds confidence, as does scoring points, it starts with good players in key positions. The dh situation has been bubbling along for 5 years and not addressed. Add to the situation we lost Klem. It's got to the frustrating point where I am hoping Martin does probably leave, so he can get a fair go. He hasn't consistently shown what he can bring but you get the sense he will when given a competent, encouraging environment. The rumours with CHN don't bode well either and Reimus is seriously down on enthusiasm. The team has so many issues that must be addressed before any progress can be made. Rumours what rumours?? Why he was dropped by Pay.
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+x+x+x+x+x+xI don't know if we can be sure that the coach and players are rubbish. That is like saying a soccer team with no goalkeeper is rubbish.... When the team is lacking in key areas, everyone looks bad. All we can do is address problems in sequence. After 9 we need a good prop who makes yards and has an offload. Depending on how Cogger progresses we might need a halfback. Centre we have Harper that is a position where a good young guy can do the job. 9,7, 8 and 10 you need good players otherwise everyone else is under pressure. It's the excuses that are rubbish for me. There is enough talent and experience to perform to a FG level..they just aren't doing it...neither the players nor the coach. Improvements to the roster are necessary to make Top 8 or 4 but the majority of the forwards are experienced for example. They are horribly out of form and that's on the coach when it involves the majority of the team. Everyone is underestimating how much difference a quality 9 and a really good prop would make. Players are underperforming the coach is making mistakes and I hate the fact that we are finding ways to lose on a regular basis. Winning breeds confidence, as does scoring points, it starts with good players in key positions. The dh situation has been bubbling along for 5 years and not addressed. Add to the situation we lost Klem. It's got to the frustrating point where I am hoping Martin does probably leave, so he can get a fair go. He hasn't consistently shown what he can bring but you get the sense he will when given a competent, encouraging environment. The rumours with CHN don't bode well either and Reimus is seriously down on enthusiasm. The team has so many issues that must be addressed before any progress can be made. Rumours what rumours?? Why he was dropped by Pay. Yes...but there must be a reason...if you know it state it...
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DanD
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Watching the Titans/Cowboys game. Their sheds, a stark contrast to ours. Looks like some constructive tactics are being laid down and players listening.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+xI don't know if we can be sure that the coach and players are rubbish. That is like saying a soccer team with no goalkeeper is rubbish.... When the team is lacking in key areas, everyone looks bad. All we can do is address problems in sequence. After 9 we need a good prop who makes yards and has an offload. Depending on how Cogger progresses we might need a halfback. Centre we have Harper that is a position where a good young guy can do the job. 9,7, 8 and 10 you need good players otherwise everyone else is under pressure. It's the excuses that are rubbish for me. There is enough talent and experience to perform to a FG level..they just aren't doing it...neither the players nor the coach. Improvements to the roster are necessary to make Top 8 or 4 but the majority of the forwards are experienced for example. They are horribly out of form and that's on the coach when it involves the majority of the team. Everyone is underestimating how much difference a quality 9 and a really good prop would make. Players are underperforming the coach is making mistakes and I hate the fact that we are finding ways to lose on a regular basis. Winning breeds confidence, as does scoring points, it starts with good players in key positions. The dh situation has been bubbling along for 5 years and not addressed. Add to the situation we lost Klem. It's got to the frustrating point where I am hoping Martin does probably leave, so he can get a fair go. He hasn't consistently shown what he can bring but you get the sense he will when given a competent, encouraging environment. The rumours with CHN don't bode well either and Reimus is seriously down on enthusiasm. The team has so many issues that must be addressed before any progress can be made. Rumours what rumours?? Why he was dropped by Pay. Yes...but there must be a reason...if you know it state it... In other words...someone has made up a bunch of totally inane crap about the player which has no credence ...BUT it is a rumour so better as though chiselled in stone
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+x+x+x+xMy concern is we have money to spend for 2020.... who ever we sign, will we see the very best of them week in week out under Pay/Georgalis? Then if Pay is moved on for 2021.... the new coach may not want the type of players Pay is looking to bring in for 2020.... again, groundhog day! Absolutely right Villi. Its how Pay ended up with Foran. Wasn't his choice. Signed to 4 years and then Des is sacked. Now the highest paid player (unless Tolman and Jacko eclipse him) and just about forced to play him given the circumstances. Whoever we sign, I hope its for no more than 2 years unless they are elite. That way, you can just wait out the 1 or 2 years under a new coach and be done with it. Wrong again .... Foran was signed for 3 years. No the other two do not come anywhere close to Foran, you are full of it. If its only 3 years, I'm cheering (maybe Pay is too) Look....in a good team, Foran could be quite a player, but in a not so good team, which lacks potency elsewhere, he is very average and not consistently good to match his price tag. I'm not knocking his ability. I just don't think he is a good fit for this developing team. But aside from Foran, who else in our team is a winner who knows what it takes to win a comp? Possibly Napa when he is on deck. We will probably need a new coach by the end of the season if Pay can't turn things around. Only some of our younger players are any hope of being in a dogs side that wins the comp. I'm mostly backing the coach and players while they are here. The coach needs results, I am sure the players enjoy winning more than losing. We are not far away from winning many games, equally we don't look like fixing that. If anything good comes out of this season, there is a fair chance Foran is part of it.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xI don't know if we can be sure that the coach and players are rubbish. That is like saying a soccer team with no goalkeeper is rubbish.... When the team is lacking in key areas, everyone looks bad. All we can do is address problems in sequence. After 9 we need a good prop who makes yards and has an offload. Depending on how Cogger progresses we might need a halfback. Centre we have Harper that is a position where a good young guy can do the job. 9,7, 8 and 10 you need good players otherwise everyone else is under pressure. It's the excuses that are rubbish for me. There is enough talent and experience to perform to a FG level..they just aren't doing it...neither the players nor the coach. Improvements to the roster are necessary to make Top 8 or 4 but the majority of the forwards are experienced for example. They are horribly out of form and that's on the coach when it involves the majority of the team. Everyone is underestimating how much difference a quality 9 and a really good prop would make. Players are underperforming the coach is making mistakes and I hate the fact that we are finding ways to lose on a regular basis. Winning breeds confidence, as does scoring points, it starts with good players in key positions. The dh situation has been bubbling along for 5 years and not addressed. Add to the situation we lost Klem. It's got to the frustrating point where I am hoping Martin does probably leave, so he can get a fair go. He hasn't consistently shown what he can bring but you get the sense he will when given a competent, encouraging environment. The rumours with CHN don't bode well either and Reimus is seriously down on enthusiasm. The team has so many issues that must be addressed before any progress can be made. Rumours what rumours?? Why he was dropped by Pay. Yes...but there must be a reason...if you know it state it... In other words...someone has made up a bunch of totally inane crap about the player which has no credence ...BUT it is a rumour so better as though chiselled in stone Most probably something a fan made up, I know some of our fans make up all sorts of crap. Perhaps CHN and RFM are playing for the same spot. I would give it to CHN, not sure what is happening with RFM, he had a lot of promise but seems way out of form.
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+xThe body language at the forum, then the body language in the dressing room are a very bad sign. Players will forgive inept coaching for only so long. I am sure paying Pay out wouldn't cost much. The club has to admit they made a mistake re-signing him and move on. I don't think that will stop us. The club officials should reach out discreetly to the senior players and judge the vibe. Dropping players is what he had to do, not all players take it well and he probably dropped some of the wrong players. Looks to me like the effort is still there on the field, so I am not convinced yet either way. But this kind of thing is a ticking time bomb, the coach needs results and fast.
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We do want to be the kind of club where the coach is in control, not the players.
Otherwise players will simply look after their own careers.
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+xThe body language at the forum, then the body language in the dressing room are a very bad sign. Players will forgive inept coaching for only so long. I am sure paying Pay out wouldn't cost much. The club has to admit they made a mistake re-signing him and move on. HD there are rumours all over the media about the team. Yes most would be crap but most of what is said on forums is crap. Doesn't mean it isn't affecting the players, their performances and confidence in Pay as coach
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+xI purposely attended from 5.30pm yesteday as I was more interested in reserve grade. I was dissapointed with what the reserves dished out right after halftime but they steadied the ship and did enough when it counted. My disappointment was only relative though, as first grade reinforced my belief that the reserves play a better style of footy. I would dearly love to see reserves play the first grade team just to prove my point. Many of them have played first grade so they are not oblivious to the speed of NRL. Wont happen, but I think you all get my drift... As ODF says.... a complete wipe out of Des coached players is needed which will leave the team smas follows: 1. Meaney 2. Crichton/ OK 3. 4. 5. Smith 6. Lewis 7. Cogger 8. Napa 9. 10. 11. CHN 12. Martin 13. 14. JMK 15/16/17. Fill in the gaps with new recruits. Typical ..you have omitted Foran...your agenda is flawed. I think the main thing is to get some oomph at the start. Ogden and Renouf as props,...Tolman to the bench. CHN and RFM with Jackson....even though RFM did a great impression of Phil Tufnell on a bad day...Small credits but Sue and Crichton both okay I'm not picking a team to snatch a win next game and go missing for the next 4 Steve...... I'm picking a team that are stayers. One that can string a few wins together. So why would you drop a champion. Because unlike you Steve, its team first and players history second...... Player history, you mean every game he's played this season???... consistently has the defence in two minds and creates almost all of our opportunities... maybe if you'd watched more than 3 bulldogs games this year you'd know that... I agree he runs to the line and puts defences in 2 minds - probably his greatest attribute. But unfortunately our team structure is such that he handles the ball maybe once in a set of 6, while Tolman sees it at least twice. And if it's not Tolman, its Jacko or Elliott or some other clone. This is my issue Dman. Foran should be commanding the ball just about every play - most certainly in attacking half. He doesn't. It's a black mark against the team, the coach's tactics and also for him. But you cant change him. He looks good in a team that is rolling forward but I'm afraid his 1 good run or play per set isnt enough for this team. He'll look great playing for others but I'm not convinced he is the best option for us. In any case, 1 more year and Pay it the next coach can decide if they keep him or not. Agree, Great player but not for our tactics Runs to the line and passes a flat pass to Who, RFM ,drops the ball. This is the play in the set as Tolman, Elliot, Jackson, Napa have already played the burner. Sometimes Tolman by 2. Ridiculous. JMK is not a 9, more a 22.
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+x+xThe body language at the forum, then the body language in the dressing room are a very bad sign. Players will forgive inept coaching for only so long. I am sure paying Pay out wouldn't cost much. The club has to admit they made a mistake re-signing him and move on. HD there are rumours all over the media about the team. Yes most would be crap but most of what is said on forums is crap. Doesn't mean it isn't affecting the players, their performances and confidence in Pay as coach Just get an opinion from senior players who can be trusted to be honest and fair. Not someone who has been recently dropped, or who isn't being offered a contract extension. Any team sittling last who lost 2 or more games on the trot is going to be subject to rumours. Apart from asking some senior players, the only guideline is on field effort. Fan forums are the last place to go for fair and balanced opinion, until the forums are proven right.
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Is Dr Boomerang still working for the club or did Dman drop by Belmore for a quick session with the players...?
Just heard J Jackson say on Ch9 news ‘if we just string 3 or 4 wins together, we’d be in the 8’
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If they strung three or four wins together we'd all be happy.... even if we weren't in the eight.
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+x+x+x+xJust reading.... Storm recruitment boss in England to check out any potential talent across the Superleague magic round Did anyone ask Lynne Anderson where our recruitment guy is on Thursday night? The new board has done a fair job with recruitment considering the absolute clusterfvck with which they were left cap wise... most posts on here indicate recruits such as napa, chn, Meaney, and to some extent cogger are players around which we can build a team... the main thing is they don't take advice from the likes of you cos we'd sign every player in the comp on the back of one good game... or several time losers like carney and Locke... Disagree. The board failed to address with the coach last season the need to sign a No9 & some quality in the backs to inject into the side The team had little issues last year getting into the opposition red zone.... yet we had fekk all talent to turn them opportunities into tries which cost a number of games last year & it’s costing us again this year. Sue, Meaney, Cogger, Crichton, CHN have now spent time in reggies this year.... you call that fair recruitment? Of all the players we purchased for this year... CHN is the only player of 1st grade standard calibre If we keep buying plodders, it will be Rd 12 2020 & I bet we’ll be discussing the exact same crap we’re covering right now as we did in 2018, as we did in 2017. It is easy to say but hard to do...some of the suggestions have been jokes Segueyro for example. or blokes that are tied up on 3 year contracts as though it is a matter of snapping the fingers and you get what is wanted. Recruitment from NRL clubs is pretty hard. Have to look outside of the box. This is why I try to throw names in the mix as "these kind of players". Reason being it's a type of player I want and not necessarily someone specific. The hooker I want is someone who's instinct is to run first and pass second. Someone who plays in front of them. It's easier to curb a hothead rather than teach a gnome to be a hothead. I also prefer players I'm the middle who have the natural instinct and desire to run forward and back in defence rather than those that dont but can play 80mins. At centre I just want at least one of them to be players who can run angles and set up their wingers via tackle busts or freak step and or fend. I dont really care too much about mistakes as long as our players can make up for them. If all our players made 2 mistakes but made up for it with 3 important plays, we would win nearly all games
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+xIs Dr Boomerang still working for the club or did Dman drop by Belmore for a quick session with the players...? Just heard J Jackson say on Ch9 news ‘if we just string 3 or 4 wins together, we’d be in the 8’ Players do need to try to be positive.... that is part of team sport, any team thst isn't united and positive is a rabble.
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+x+x+x+x+xJust reading.... Storm recruitment boss in England to check out any potential talent across the Superleague magic round Did anyone ask Lynne Anderson where our recruitment guy is on Thursday night? The new board has done a fair job with recruitment considering the absolute clusterfvck with which they were left cap wise... most posts on here indicate recruits such as napa, chn, Meaney, and to some extent cogger are players around which we can build a team... the main thing is they don't take advice from the likes of you cos we'd sign every player in the comp on the back of one good game... or several time losers like carney and Locke... Disagree. The board failed to address with the coach last season the need to sign a No9 & some quality in the backs to inject into the side The team had little issues last year getting into the opposition red zone.... yet we had fekk all talent to turn them opportunities into tries which cost a number of games last year & it’s costing us again this year. Sue, Meaney, Cogger, Crichton, CHN have now spent time in reggies this year.... you call that fair recruitment? Of all the players we purchased for this year... CHN is the only player of 1st grade standard calibre If we keep buying plodders, it will be Rd 12 2020 & I bet we’ll be discussing the exact same crap we’re covering right now as we did in 2018, as we did in 2017. It is easy to say but hard to do...some of the suggestions have been jokes Segueyro for example. or blokes that are tied up on 3 year contracts as though it is a matter of snapping the fingers and you get what is wanted. Recruitment from NRL clubs is pretty hard. Have to look outside of the box. This is why I try to throw names in the mix as "these kind of players". Reason being it's a type of player I want and not necessarily someone specific. The hooker I want is someone who's instinct is to run first and pass second. Someone who plays in front of them. It's easier to curb a hothead rather than teach a gnome to be a hothead. I also prefer players I'm the middle who have the natural instinct and desire to run forward and back in defence rather than those that dont but can play 80mins. At centre I just want at least one of them to be players who can run angles and set up their wingers via tackle busts or freak step and or fend. I dont really care too much about mistakes as long as our players can make up for them. If all our players made 2 mistakes but made up for it with 3 important plays, we would win nearly all games Hooker you mostly need someone with eyes and a brain.
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+x+xThe body language at the forum, then the body language in the dressing room are a very bad sign. Players will forgive inept coaching for only so long. I am sure paying Pay out wouldn't cost much. The club has to admit they made a mistake re-signing him and move on. what did you think of the forum Nancy? I thought it was very poorly executed. the players should not have been there. Yes Anna wrong decision to have them there. I got there a few minutes late so I had a great view of their reactions from the back, they didn't want to be there. The mike situation was amateur hour. Okunbor proved to be the most well spoken young player we've ever had probably.
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+x+x+x+x+x+xJust reading.... Storm recruitment boss in England to check out any potential talent across the Superleague magic round Did anyone ask Lynne Anderson where our recruitment guy is on Thursday night? The new board has done a fair job with recruitment considering the absolute clusterfvck with which they were left cap wise... most posts on here indicate recruits such as napa, chn, Meaney, and to some extent cogger are players around which we can build a team... the main thing is they don't take advice from the likes of you cos we'd sign every player in the comp on the back of one good game... or several time losers like carney and Locke... Disagree. The board failed to address with the coach last season the need to sign a No9 & some quality in the backs to inject into the side The team had little issues last year getting into the opposition red zone.... yet we had fekk all talent to turn them opportunities into tries which cost a number of games last year & it’s costing us again this year. Sue, Meaney, Cogger, Crichton, CHN have now spent time in reggies this year.... you call that fair recruitment? Of all the players we purchased for this year... CHN is the only player of 1st grade standard calibre If we keep buying plodders, it will be Rd 12 2020 & I bet we’ll be discussing the exact same crap we’re covering right now as we did in 2018, as we did in 2017. It is easy to say but hard to do...some of the suggestions have been jokes Segueyro for example. or blokes that are tied up on 3 year contracts as though it is a matter of snapping the fingers and you get what is wanted. Recruitment from NRL clubs is pretty hard. Have to look outside of the box. This is why I try to throw names in the mix as "these kind of players". Reason being it's a type of player I want and not necessarily someone specific. The hooker I want is someone who's instinct is to run first and pass second. Someone who plays in front of them. It's easier to curb a hothead rather than teach a gnome to be a hothead. I also prefer players I'm the middle who have the natural instinct and desire to run forward and back in defence rather than those that dont but can play 80mins. At centre I just want at least one of them to be players who can run angles and set up their wingers via tackle busts or freak step and or fend. I dont really care too much about mistakes as long as our players can make up for them. If all our players made 2 mistakes but made up for it with 3 important plays, we would win nearly all games Hooker you mostly need someone with eyes and a brain. I think Nancy said that at the recent meeting, they weren't buying a hooker and our next one was already in the system?
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xJust reading.... Storm recruitment boss in England to check out any potential talent across the Superleague magic round Did anyone ask Lynne Anderson where our recruitment guy is on Thursday night? The new board has done a fair job with recruitment considering the absolute clusterfvck with which they were left cap wise... most posts on here indicate recruits such as napa, chn, Meaney, and to some extent cogger are players around which we can build a team... the main thing is they don't take advice from the likes of you cos we'd sign every player in the comp on the back of one good game... or several time losers like carney and Locke... Disagree. The board failed to address with the coach last season the need to sign a No9 & some quality in the backs to inject into the side The team had little issues last year getting into the opposition red zone.... yet we had fekk all talent to turn them opportunities into tries which cost a number of games last year & it’s costing us again this year. Sue, Meaney, Cogger, Crichton, CHN have now spent time in reggies this year.... you call that fair recruitment? Of all the players we purchased for this year... CHN is the only player of 1st grade standard calibre If we keep buying plodders, it will be Rd 12 2020 & I bet we’ll be discussing the exact same crap we’re covering right now as we did in 2018, as we did in 2017. It is easy to say but hard to do...some of the suggestions have been jokes Segueyro for example. or blokes that are tied up on 3 year contracts as though it is a matter of snapping the fingers and you get what is wanted. Recruitment from NRL clubs is pretty hard. Have to look outside of the box. I know names like Reece Robson and Brittian have been mentioned as No9’s to sign up.... But with the spine that we have currently.... an experienced No 9 is a must, not an unproven NRL standard player We should still sign up the next Brittan etc, but what we need is quality & experience. While you say that you need to name a player who we can get, Cook is ideal but hard to imagine we can get him. Brailey bros at the Sharks are good. Manly have one good young hooker. Canberra have Hodgson. Nancy is right England is worth investigating.... Brittan is way better than what we have and worth a punt, if we can't get someone really good. Why would Bennett let his #1 back up for cook go???... fact is no one has any idea if we've approached the likes of Britain or Brailey, but assume we haven't cos it suits a rant... Not sure we can get Brittian, but similar to Meaney his path to NRL is blocked by a better player. Most of the time these are the kind of player you can get or a really talented young kid 3-4 years away from NRL. I don't know who we can get, but it is most unlikely we will get top shelf experienced 9 from another club. Dear Bulldogs, please sign Billy for HD. Do not stand in the way of true love.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+xJust reading.... Storm recruitment boss in England to check out any potential talent across the Superleague magic round Did anyone ask Lynne Anderson where our recruitment guy is on Thursday night? The new board has done a fair job with recruitment considering the absolute clusterfvck with which they were left cap wise... most posts on here indicate recruits such as napa, chn, Meaney, and to some extent cogger are players around which we can build a team... the main thing is they don't take advice from the likes of you cos we'd sign every player in the comp on the back of one good game... or several time losers like carney and Locke... Disagree. The board failed to address with the coach last season the need to sign a No9 & some quality in the backs to inject into the side The team had little issues last year getting into the opposition red zone.... yet we had fekk all talent to turn them opportunities into tries which cost a number of games last year & it’s costing us again this year. Sue, Meaney, Cogger, Crichton, CHN have now spent time in reggies this year.... you call that fair recruitment? Of all the players we purchased for this year... CHN is the only player of 1st grade standard calibre If we keep buying plodders, it will be Rd 12 2020 & I bet we’ll be discussing the exact same crap we’re covering right now as we did in 2018, as we did in 2017. It is easy to say but hard to do...some of the suggestions have been jokes Segueyro for example. or blokes that are tied up on 3 year contracts as though it is a matter of snapping the fingers and you get what is wanted. Recruitment from NRL clubs is pretty hard. Have to look outside of the box. This is why I try to throw names in the mix as "these kind of players". Reason being it's a type of player I want and not necessarily someone specific. The hooker I want is someone who's instinct is to run first and pass second. Someone who plays in front of them. It's easier to curb a hothead rather than teach a gnome to be a hothead. I also prefer players I'm the middle who have the natural instinct and desire to run forward and back in defence rather than those that dont but can play 80mins. At centre I just want at least one of them to be players who can run angles and set up their wingers via tackle busts or freak step and or fend. I dont really care too much about mistakes as long as our players can make up for them. If all our players made 2 mistakes but made up for it with 3 important plays, we would win nearly all games Hooker you mostly need someone with eyes and a brain. I think Nancy said that at the recent meeting, they weren't buying a hooker and our next one was already in the system? No wasn't said at the meeting. Hard to talk about exact recruitment when the top 30 are sitting there.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xJust reading.... Storm recruitment boss in England to check out any potential talent across the Superleague magic round Did anyone ask Lynne Anderson where our recruitment guy is on Thursday night? The new board has done a fair job with recruitment considering the absolute clusterfvck with which they were left cap wise... most posts on here indicate recruits such as napa, chn, Meaney, and to some extent cogger are players around which we can build a team... the main thing is they don't take advice from the likes of you cos we'd sign every player in the comp on the back of one good game... or several time losers like carney and Locke... Disagree. The board failed to address with the coach last season the need to sign a No9 & some quality in the backs to inject into the side The team had little issues last year getting into the opposition red zone.... yet we had fekk all talent to turn them opportunities into tries which cost a number of games last year & it’s costing us again this year. Sue, Meaney, Cogger, Crichton, CHN have now spent time in reggies this year.... you call that fair recruitment? Of all the players we purchased for this year... CHN is the only player of 1st grade standard calibre If we keep buying plodders, it will be Rd 12 2020 & I bet we’ll be discussing the exact same crap we’re covering right now as we did in 2018, as we did in 2017. It is easy to say but hard to do...some of the suggestions have been jokes Segueyro for example. or blokes that are tied up on 3 year contracts as though it is a matter of snapping the fingers and you get what is wanted. Recruitment from NRL clubs is pretty hard. Have to look outside of the box. I know names like Reece Robson and Brittian have been mentioned as No9’s to sign up.... But with the spine that we have currently.... an experienced No 9 is a must, not an unproven NRL standard player We should still sign up the next Brittan etc, but what we need is quality & experience. While you say that you need to name a player who we can get, Cook is ideal but hard to imagine we can get him. Brailey bros at the Sharks are good. Manly have one good young hooker. Canberra have Hodgson. Nancy is right England is worth investigating.... Brittan is way better than what we have and worth a punt, if we can't get someone really good. Why would Bennett let his #1 back up for cook go???... fact is no one has any idea if we've approached the likes of Britain or Brailey, but assume we haven't cos it suits a rant... Not sure we can get Brittian, but similar to Meaney his path to NRL is blocked by a better player. Most of the time these are the kind of player you can get or a really talented young kid 3-4 years away from NRL. I don't know who we can get, but it is most unlikely we will get top shelf experienced 9 from another club. Dear Bulldogs, please sign Billy for HD. Do not stand in the way of true love. I need to find another option ... surely there are more players that could do the job. If we have young halves we need a smart dummy half that can help organise the side.... not many of them around. Someone like Cook with brains and speed is extremely rare... I'll let Souths keep Billy if they give us Cook.
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